What Mattered Most What Mattered Most is the debut album of American country music artist Ty Herndon , issued in 1995 on Epic Records . The album's title track, which was Herndon's debut single, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in mid-1995. Other singles from the album were, in order, "I Want My Goodbye Back," "Heart Half Empty" and "In Your Face ." Doug Johnson produced the entire album, with additional production from Ed Seay on "Heart Half Empty".Content What Mattered Most was released on April 18 , 1995, via Epic Records Nashville . The album is led off by its title track, which is also the first single from it. Written by Gary Burr and Vince Melamed , this song became Herndon's first No. 1 country hit in May 1995, peaking on both the U.S. Billboard Country Singles charts and Canadian RPM Country Singles charts. Following it were "I Want My Goodbye Back," "Heart Half Empty", and "In Your Face." Respectively, these reached 7, 21, and 63 on the U.S. Country charts. "Heart Half Empty," a duet with Stephanie Bentley , was her first chart single. It was reprised on her 1996 debut album Hopechest , also on Epic Records. "You Just Get One" was later released as a single by Jeff Wood from his 1997 debut album Between the Earth and the Stars . Additionally, "Summer Was a Bummer" was later recorded by Wade Hayes on his 1998 album When the Wrong One Loves You Right , and "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" is a cover of the Jim Croce song from 1972.What Mattered Most debuted at number 15 on Top Country Albums and #1 on Top Heatseekers, the highest album debut for a country artist since Billy Ray Cyrus' Some Gave All in 1992. It peaked at number 9 on the former chart. In addition, the album had the highest first-day shipment in the history of Epic Records' Nashville division.Critical reception Giving it 3.5 stars out of 5, Michael McCall of New Country wrote that "For the most part, Herndon comes on like a confident newcomer worthy of attention." He praised the title track, "Pretty Good Thing", "Hat Full of Rain", and "I Want My Goodbye Back" for Herndon's vocal delivery, but criticized the same on the "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" cover. He also panned "Heart Half Empty", "You Just Get One", and "In Your Face" for their "unduly shallow" lyrics. An uncredited review in Billboard was favorable, sying that "With a rich, expressive voice that is equally suited to pensive ballads and rollicking, uptempo tunes, Herndon is one of country's most impressive newcomers."Track listing "What Mattered Most" - 3:40 "Pretty Good Thing" - 2:51 "Summer Was a Bummer" - 3:30 "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" - 3:16 "Heart Half Empty" - 4:55 *duet with Stephanie Bentley "I Want My Goodbye Back" - 3:24 "You Just Get One" - 3:35 "In Your Face" - 2:16 "Love at 90 Miles an Hour" - 3:30 "Hat Full of Rain" - 4:11Personnel Stephanie Bentley - duet vocals, background vocals Gary Burr - background vocals John Catchings - strings Carol Chase - background vocals Joe Chemay - bass guitar David Davidson - strings Joe Diffie - background vocals Dan Dugmore - steel guitar Connie Ellisor - strings Paul Franklin - Dobro , steel guitar Vince Gill - background vocals Jim Grosjean - strings Rob Hajacos - fiddle Connie Heard - strings Ty Herndon - lead vocals Dann Huff - electric guitar Kraig Hutchens - electric guitar Mike Jones - background vocals Paul Leim - drums Patty Loveless - background vocals Terry McMillan - percussion Steve Nathan - keyboards Kathryn Plumber - strings Brent Rowan - electric guitar Christian Teal - strings Ron Wallace - background vocals Biff Watson - acoustic guitar Kristin Wilkinson - strings Lonnie Wilson - drumsProduction Jim Burnett - digital editing , assistant engineer Don Cobb - editing Paige Conners - production assistant Emory Gordy, Jr. - string arrangement Bill Johnson - art direction Doug Johnson - production Anthony Martin - assistant engineer Frank Ockenfels - photography Denny Purcell - mastering Ed Seay - production, engineering, mixing Rollow Welch - art directionChart performance
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